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Enclosure. Rakahanga Local Ordinance No. I.—Rakahanga Ordinance No 1. Be it enacted by the Island Council of Rakahanga, as follows: — 1. The Short Title of this Ordinance shall be " The Rakahanga Ordinance No. 1." 2. Sections two to nineteen of "The Manihiki Ordinance No. 1 " are hereby adopted for the Island of Rakahanga, and shall be deemed to form part of this Ordinance, substituting therein the name " Rakahanga " for the name " Manihiki." Passed by the Rakahanga Island Council, this eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five. Approved. Henry Williams, W. E. Gudgeon, President. Resident Commissioner. [Assented to by the Governor, 28th June, 1906.]

No. 169. g IR; Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 19th March, 1906. I have the honour to report that, contrary to all previous experience, the Islands of Penrhyn, Manihiki, and Rakahanga have again been visited by gales of wind, almost of hurricane force, which on this occasion lasted nearly five weeks. At Penrhyn the gale lasted from the 15th January to the 20th February, and probably culminated in the hurricane at the Paumotus on the 7th February last. The threshing of the palm-leaves has, of course, knocked off a good many nuts in all three of our northern, islands; but with, this exception little damage has been done. The news from Tahiti already shows great damage and loss of life, but when our steamer last left that port the full extent of the disaster was not known. I fear that the want of drinking-water on the low islands that have been swept by the sea will kill more people than the waves have done. There would have been no survivors of the last hurricane but for the ingenuity of an American missionary, who condensed sea-water with very imperfect appliances. I have, &c, W. E. Gudgeon, Resident Commissioner. The Hon. C. H. Mills, Minister administering the Islands, Wellington.

No. 170. g IR) Cook and other Islands Administration, Wellington, 22nd March, 1906. I have to inform you that His Excellency the Governor has appointed you to be the officer who may sell or supply liquor in the Island of Niue under the provisions of section 22 of " The Licensing Acts Amendment Act, 1904." A copy of the New Zealand Gazette containing your appointment will be forwarded shortly. A copy of the Warrant is enclosed. I have, <fee, The Resident Commissioner, Niue. C. H. Mills.

Enclosure. Plunket, Governor. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section twenty-two of " The Licensing Acts Amendment Act, 1904," and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby appoint Christopher Freke Maxwell, being an officer of H.M. Customs, to be the officer who may sell or supply liquor under the provisions of the said section twenty-two in the Island of Niue. As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and six. C. H. Mills.

No. 171. S IRj Cook and other Islands Administration, Wellington, 23rd March, 1906. I am in receipt of your letter of the 9th January, forwarding a Return of Exports for the Quarter ending the 31st December, 1905. I have, <fee, The Resident Commissioner, Niue. C. H. Mills.

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